From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 26 9:58:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msx4.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msx4.isdbu.upmc.edu [128.147.18.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8671314D8A for ; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 09:58:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from personrp@ccbh.com) Received: by 1upmc-msx4.isdbu.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <4489X9W2>; Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:58:05 -0400 Message-ID: <576A688A7DA7D011899B00805FEA1AFF9AD97F@sych02.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: 'J McKitrick' , Greg Lehey Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: WYSIWYG word processor needed Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:57:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG have you tried Maxwell http://www.eeyore-mule.demon.co.uk/. It's WYSIWYG. The binary download is 1.3M. I used it on my Linux Box, so I don't see why it would not run under Linux emulation on FreeBSD. It has RTF output and I believe word( although I'm not sure). Before I switched to FreeBSD and WordPerfect, I used it to do my work at home the saved to RTF and at work opened it in Word and printed it out. Try that. > -----Original Message----- > From: J McKitrick [SMTP:jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 11:58 AM > To: Greg Lehey > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: WYSIWYG word processor needed > > I just feel that word processing is not my forte, so to be user-friendly, > a wp should make it as easy as possible for me to concentrate on writing > and the end result, not worrying about how to process a document with > complex commands and codes. Besides, i like my cut and paste, italics, > bold, etc, as well as auto spell check and convenient page layout. Now, > i'm not saying i want bloatware. Frankly, if abiword were reasonably bug > free, i would be a happy camper: 3 megs, and does all the basics. But i > don't trust it right now, and it is still missing some major features. > WordPerfect and StarOffice are huge, and Applix costs more that i have > (unless they offer student discount!). > > -jm > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message